ShawnRN

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1. NCLEX support group

   ShawnRN replied to reyna's topic in General Nursing

   I can understand your anxiety. However, waiting a couple weeks to find out if you passed doesn't seem too bad to those of us who spent two whole days taking a test with pencil and paper in a huge auditorium with a thousand other people and then wai...

2. Lab values

   ShawnRN replied to lvnmom's topic in General Nursing

   SGOT = serum glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase AST = aspartate aminotransferase SGPT = serum glutamic-pyruvic transaminase ALT = alanine aminotransferase MCV = mean corpuscular volume MCH = mean corpuscular hemoglobin

3. ? Mass General Hospital?

   ShawnRN replied to e-nurse's topic in General Nursing

   Hospital (university affiliation) New England Medical Center (Tufts) Brigham & Women's Hospital (Harvard) Beth Israel - Deaconess (Harvard) Mass. General (Harvard) Boston Medical Center (Boston U)

4. ? Mass General Hospital?

   ShawnRN replied to e-nurse's topic in General Nursing

   I recently interviewed for a position there. I was told by staff that it is still very much a "doctors" hospital, very old school. I think it is also one of the lowest paying hospitals in the city. When I questioned the salaray, an HR rep told me ...

5. distance learning programs

   ShawnRN replied to SC-Tele-RN's topic in General Nursing

   I am currenlty enrolled in Graceland's RN-BSN program. I am working on completing my clinicals (yes, you have to do them with Graceland) and then will be done. Overall, I'd say it's a pretty good program. Dealing with the support staff who handle ...

6. Intrathecal Chemotherapy

   ShawnRN posted a topic in Oncology

   Do you patients who receive intrathecal chemotherapy still experience the systemic effects of the cytotoxic agent?, i.e. hair loss, neutrapenia, etc.